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Dance, girl, dance [videorecording (DVD)].

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Criterion Collection, 2020.

DVD DAN 1940 Dra

Burlesque (Theater) -- Drama.

Criterion collection ; 1028.

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 videodisc (89 min.) : DVD video, 5.1 Dolby digital sd., b&w ; 12 cm. + 1 folded sheet insert.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1940.

Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer ; new introduction by B. Ruby Rich ; new selected-scene commentary featuring Cari Beauchamp ; Plus: an essay by Sheila O'Malley.

A selection of the National Film Registry, 2007.

English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

An RKO Radio Picture ; RKO Radio Pictures presents ; dances staged by Ernst Matray ; lyrics by Chester Forrest and Robert Wright ; produced by Erich Pommer ; screenplay by Tess Slesinger and Frank Davis ; story by Vicky Baum ; directed by Dorothy Arzner.

Maureen O'Hara, Louis Hayward and Lucille Ball with Virginia Field, Ralph Bellamy, Mary Carlisle, Katharine Alexander, Edward Brophy, Walter Abel, Harold Huber and Maria Ouspenskaya.

"Dorothy Arzner, the sole woman to work as a director in the Hollywood studio system of the 1930s and early '40s, brings a subversive feminist sensibility to this juicily entertaining backstage melodrama. A behind-the-footlights look at friendship, jealousy, and ambition in the ruthless world of show business, Dance, Girl, Dance follows the intertwining fates of two chorus girls: a starry-eyed dancer (Maureen O'Hara) who dreams of making it as a ballerina and the brassy gold digger (a scene-stealing Lucille Ball) who becomes her rival both on the stage and in love. The rare Hollywood film of the era to deal seriously with issues of female artistic struggle and self-actualization, Arzner's film is a rich, fascinating statement from an auteur decades ahead of her time."--Container.

Show business films.

Coming-of-age films.

Feminist films.

Melodrama and tearjerker films.

Romantic comedy films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Arzner, Dorothy, 1900-1979.

O'Hara, Maureen, 1920-2015.

Hayward, Louis, 1909-1985.

Ball, Lucille, 1911-1989.

Field, Virginia, 1917-1992.

Bellamy, Ralph, 1904-1991.

Ouspenskaya, Maria, 1876-1949.

Criterion Collection (Firm)

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